Long Branch, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jetson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42261. It lies near Possum Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Morgantown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Long Branch within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1914 USGS Little Muddy quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Morgantown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Morgantown quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

19 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Long Branch (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 388 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 August 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
16 April 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
10 April 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	JOHNSON CEMENTARY ROAD
9 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	75 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Long Branch (historical): 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Gary Bros. No. 2 Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant
	Green River Shale	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Butler County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Martins Store (historical)	2.4 miles	14
Monford	2.5 miles	12
Huldeville	2.5 miles	11
Mooretown (historical)	2.6 miles	14
Morgantown	3.0 miles	14
Temple View	3.1 miles	11
Aberdeen	3.2 miles	12
Woodbury	3.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742336. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.